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Google Account security/sign in changes September 2024

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Dear Sir/Madam,

I use the Thunderbird email client on my Microsoft Windows 10 desktop tower PC in order to access my Gmail account using POP3, using "only" my email address and password.

However, I note that Google plan to introduce more stringent and tighter sign in/authentication methods from September 2024 as follows:

https://support.google.com/a/answer/6260879?hl=en

https://support.google.com/a/answer/6260879?hl=en

Does Thunderbird have a workaround for Google's plans please?

Thanking you.

Dear Sir/Madam, I use the Thunderbird email client on my Microsoft Windows 10 desktop tower PC in order to access my Gmail account using POP3, using "only" my email address and password. However, I note that Google plan to introduce more stringent and tighter sign in/authentication methods from September 2024 as follows: https://support.google.com/a/answer/6260879?hl=en https://support.google.com/a/answer/6260879?hl=en Does Thunderbird have a workaround for Google's plans please? Thanking you.

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christ1
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Does Thunderbird have a workaround for Google's plans please?

Use OAuth authentication as described in the linked article, and use your main Google account password to sign in. Also see https://support.mozilla.org/kb/automatic-conversion-google-mail-accounts-oauth20

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